how many farads would i need to power my amp right....its a thunder 81000D and its pretty under rated....my car is a 93 eagle talon N/T...i have 3 1 farad caps.. all are different brand but i thought i might just try them to see if it makes a big difference or not...
i always thought that but ppl who don't know as much as the guy on here always see my lights dim n say aw you should hook up one of your caps and it won't do it no more...they have no idea what the difference is between one farad and 15 farads is...but i thought i might ask here ...maybe 3 farads might be enough for the amp since it ain't all that...but what i really want is a 150 - 180 amp alt.
i always thought caps were just to kind prevent a shock in a way...like when the bass hits all of a sudden so your car won't get that much of a surprise or something
well i guess what i'm really tryin to find out is how many farads to u need for how many watts... for example... 1 farad = X watts??...and also can u run more then 1 caps to a single amp
right now i have a red top in there under the hood...that wouldn't be good enough with a 160 amp alt would it....i plan on upgrading from my 12" cvrs to a 15" hd3 if that makes any difference
if your running 1500 RMS, and to be on the safe side i like to run the numbers on 14.4 volts and 12 volts and then kind of meet in the middle i would say 140 or 150 amps would suit you fine with 1500 rms total ( be sure to factor in all RMS wattage though )